Ruddle Me This! with Taylor Ruddle – Details, episodes & analysis

As I've gotten older I've found myself disliking the constant bombardment of social media feeds and enjoying signing up to the newsletters of people who's work I enjoy. I genuinely look forward to them each month.

Also, with the recent potential ban of TikTok it's reminded me that while social media platforms rise and fall like empires, having a good mailing list is rock-solid (like investing in the housing market).

Each month I'll be including stuff like upcoming gigs, episodes of the podcast that were released as well as audio snippets, one-liners I'm working on, comedy special reviews, media I've seen that I'd like to recommend, video games I'm playing, basically whatever's bringing me joy at the time.

So if you'd like to read along, give me a follow at taylorruddle.substack.com where once a month I'll post a new article with a voiceover option to listen to, it's basically a secret episode of the podcast!

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Dan Bain, a comedian, podcaster, playwright, graphic designer, photographer, director... Dan does a lot! Today we tackled mainly Mercutio's dream sequence.

Follow Dan online:
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https://www.instagram.com/comikazejeff/https://www.facebook.com/iamdanbain

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In Line By Line, I'm having a shakespearian actor or expert walk me through every line of the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in an attempt to understand what's going on. The expert adds context and other tidbits to the dialogue and it's a super fun way to go through one of the longest lasting plays of all time.

Theme Music: Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada

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Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

I bought back Tim Kelly, a hilarious comic in Christchurch to the show where we talked about the stand up comedians and comedy specials that we watched growing up and why they resonated with us.

Follow Tim on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tim.kelly.obviously/

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Join the Ruddle Me This! subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!

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Offical website is www.ruddlemethis.com

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Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

Did you mean to search for the phrase Riddle Me This? Well too bad! You're here now, so why not have a listen?

Bit of quickie this week, so much has been happening since my last big batch of recordings, I had to fill you in! We also get into what Hamish has been up to with his studies in Sign Language Interpreting.

Get tickets to the tour with David Correos HERE!

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Big thank you to Bekon Media for the billboard and their support with Laugh Cellar!


Watch my full hour-long stand up special Ruddzilla for FREE on YouTube here!

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I'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.

Follow Taylor Online:
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Or if you'd like to join the subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!

Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

Part 2 of my discussion with Aimée Borlase about the album It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen. We complete the rest of the tracks on the album and get Aimée's closing thoughts as well as a general observation about Lily Allen as a singer, performer and public figure. We also talk about how it has influenced Aimée with her singing and performing. Probably behooves you to listen to part 1 of this conversation as this episode carries right on from where we left off.

Follow Aimée Online:
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https://www.youtube.com/@aimeeborlase


Watch my full hour-long stand up special Ruddzilla for FREE on YouTube here!

Fill out the Ruddle Me This! Survey HERE

I'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.

Follow Taylor Online:
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Or if you'd like to join the subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!

Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

Today I am joined by Steve Wilbury. Steve is an international award winning magician, stand up comedian and children's entertainer based up in Nelson. I first met Steve last year when we performed on the Kids Day Out Variety Show together. I think I was the first person to do stand-up to children on that tour. Steve and I stayed in touch and have gigged together sporadically since. Today Steve offered to teach me all about Contact Juggling, a version of juggling that I had no idea was so rare of a skill, as well as relatively recent. We get into the history of contact juggling, as well as Steve's ambition to create an act that contributes to the art form. We delve into all sorts of magic and comedy geekery throughout, so if you're into those, you're in for a treat!

Follow Steve Online:
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Don't forget to check out Steve's Laugh, Cry or Die podcast!

Kids Day Out Variety Show: https://www.kidsdayoutvariety.co.nz/


Watch my full hour-long stand up special Ruddzilla for FREE on YouTube here!

Fill out the Ruddle Me This! Survey HERE

I'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.

Follow Taylor Online:
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Or if you'd like to join the subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!

Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

Today I sit down with my very good friend Hamish and we talk about the ideas of FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out and FOBI - Fear Of Being Included. The conversation fairly quickly becomes one about a lot of my personal anxieties as well as the situations in which Hamish feels FOBI rather than FOMO. It's a great little lighthearted chat about how difficult navigating social situations can be, especially during adult life. Hope you enjoy it!


Watch my full hour-long stand up special Ruddzilla for FREE on YouTube here!

Fill out the Ruddle Me This! Survey HERE

I'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.

Follow Taylor Online:
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Or if you'd like to join the subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!

Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

In this episode I am joined by comedian, singer and actor Aimée Borlase! She brought with her to the show to discuss Lily Allen's album "It's Not Me, It's You." We discuss a little bit of The Muppet's at the start which was her alternative choice, but ended up going with Lily Allen. We discuss why this album was meaningful to Aimée, some of the themes contained in the lyrics and talk about how this album and Lily Allen in general has influenced Aimée's art thus far. Aimée is a self admitted over-preparer and had prepared a ton of notes, so we ended up being able to go for a lot longer than expected as thus this is part 1 of our discussion, give me a subscribe to keep in the know for when part 2 drops in a couple of weeks!

Follow Aimée Online:
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https://www.instagram.com/aimeeborlase/
https://www.youtube.com/@aimeeborlase


Watch my full hour-long stand up special Ruddzilla for FREE on YouTube here!

Fill out the Ruddle Me This! Survey HERE

I'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.

Follow Taylor Online:
YouTube, Tiktok, Instagram, or Facebook

Or if you'd like to join the subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!

Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

In today's episode I am joined by Hoani Hotene, he's a Wellington based comic and was the 2023 winner of NZ's Raw comedy competition, quite an achievement and I was delighted to have him on the show. Hoani brought with him the Errol Morris documentary Gates of Heaven, made in the 70s about people who own and operate pet cemetaries. I watched the doco the night before and we had a really fun and interesting discussion of about it, as well as Hoani's wider love of documentaries. If you're a cinephile or a docophile (?) this one's the pod for you!

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Watch my full hour-long stand up special Ruddzilla for FREE on YouTube here!

Fill out the Ruddle Me This! Survey HERE

I'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.

Follow Taylor Online:
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Or if you'd like to join the subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!

Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!

Today I am joined by Aimée Thorne, and up and coming comedian from Auckland becoming known for her dark comedy. She's a part of the "Weird, Dark & Scandalous" crew, a comedy show for deviants, weirdos, outcasts, metalheads, geeks, and anybody who’s ever felt like they don’t quite fit in". Definitely get along to one of these shows if you see it being advertised! Aimée is a big fan of true crime and so I wanted to pick her brain a bit and see why people find true crime so fascinating, we also talk about a book called The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker and we talk about a few prominent NZ true crime cases. As you can expect this episode deals with some dark and potentially disturbing subject matter so please be aware of this when you listen, I won't hold it against you if you skip it!

Follow Aimée Online:
https://twitter.com/athornycomedy
https://www.instagram.com/aimee.thorne/


Watch my full hour-long stand up special Ruddzilla for FREE on YouTube here!

Fill out the Ruddle Me This! Survey HERE

I'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.

Follow Taylor Online:
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Or if you'd like to join the subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!

Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!